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The uses of enzyme in industry
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The uses of enzyme in industry Any group of chemical substances which are produced by living cells and which cause particular chemical reactions to happen while not being changed themselves (Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary) ffffAlso with the ability to catalyze certain reactions, make enzymes a very suitable in the making of specific products. Enzymes do this by lowering the activation level of the substrate that needs to broken down, this is useful as for certain compounds may not be need to broken be down in the substrate solutions so as enzymes are specific to one type of substrate it will only target the required substrate. The reason for lowering the activation level is useful because it then requires less energy for the reaction to take place thus lowering the price and time of reaction. Enzymes are biodegradable and therefore cheaper to dispose of as expensive removal methods are not...
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